Curling Canada will be in Penticton Thursday at the South Okanagan Event Centre's Valley First Vault Bar & Grill for a major announcement.

Local media have been invited for the annoucement scheduled for Thursday morning.

In the spring, members of the Penticton Curling Club put forward an application to land the Scott Tournament of Hearts in 2018. Kim Kirkham and Charlie Cohoe are leading the host committee. The committee set a goal of collecting 1,000 deposits of $100 each before June 20.

Sydney, NS is one of the other the cities vying to host the 2018 tournament

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Since that time the club has received support from big names in the sport including , who won bronze at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, and Kelowna's Kelly Scott among others.